For The Win Robotics
Privacy Policy
Effective: 05/23/2024
This is the privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) that governs how FTW LLC and our affiliated companies (“FTW”, “For The Win Robotics”, “we”, “our” or “us”), use Personal Information (defined below) that we process in connection with your use of our websites: www.ftw-robotics.com and www.ftwcode.com, and any other web portal we operate that links to this Privacy Policy, our mobile application, and all software, services, extensions, subdomains, and application programming interfaces related thereto (collectively, our “Service”).
FTW makes its Service available to individuals (“user”, “you”, or “your”) in accordance with our Terms of Service here: https://www.ftw-robotics.com/terms-of-services. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to better understand how we collect, use, and disclose Personal Information about you as you use our Service.
1. Introduction.
We are committed to respecting privacy and recognize the need for appropriate protection and management of any Personal Information that is shared with us as part of using our Service. As used in this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. We may collect Personal Information from you directly through a web-form, or indirectly through information you upload to our Service containing Personal Information, as discussed more fully in Section 3, below.
You may choose whether or not to provide or disclose Personal Information in connection with your use of our Service. If you choose not to provide the Personal Information we request, you may still visit and use parts of our Service, but may be unable to access or use certain features, options, programs, products, and services.
Our Service may contain links to third-party websites, products, services, and advertisements that are not owned or controlled by For The Win Robotics. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those third party websites, products, services, and advertisements, and you visit them at your own risk.
2. Categories Of Personal Information We Collect.
We and our service providers may collect, and you may consent to provide, the categories of Personal Information set forth below in order to provide our Service to you, or because we are legally required to do so:
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Name;
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Email address;
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Address;
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Phone number;
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Payment information;
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User name;
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Password; and
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Communications you send to us.
3. When Personal Information is Collected.
FTW collects certain information that may constitute Personal Information in the following ways:
(a) Contact Information.
In various areas of our Service and in printed materials, we provide you the opportunity to submit a form with basic contact information, such as your name, email, or mailing address. With your permission, FTW uses such information to inform you of new products, technical information and services, and upcoming events that may be of interest. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, the opt-out process is described in Section 10 of this Privacy Policy. In addition, if you choose, you may participate in an FTW e-mail list server by subscribing within our Service or by contacting FTW staff directly. You may unsubscribe from these e-mail list servers by following the unsubscribe instructions found within the list email.
(b) Service Login Information.
We process the username and password of users to enable secure logging into our Service, and we process information regarding your role to appropriately control access to restricted content. We process this Personal Information only as necessary to provide our Service under our Terms of Service and to further our legitimate interests in protecting our Service and content.
(c) Payment Information.
When you purchase services or products from us, third-party service providers acting on our behalf process payment information, including payment card details and billing and shipping addresses, to help us fulfill your orders. Any Personal Information collected by such third parties will be subject to the third parties’ privacy policy, rather than this Privacy Policy.
(d) Personal Information Collected by Third Parties.
Please note that we use certain third party service providers on our Service to enhance your experience or deliver certain services. These providers may collect Personal Information about you in performing their services and/or functions on our Service.
(e) Social Media.
We have worked with certain third-party social media providers to offer you their social networking services through our Service. For example, you can use third-party social networking services to share information about your experience on our Service with your friends and followers on those social networking services. These social networking services may be able to collect information about you, including your activity on our Service. These third-party social networking services also may notify your friends, both on our Service and on the social networking services themselves, that you are a user of our Service or about your use of our Service, in accordance with applicable law and their own privacy policies. If you choose to access or make use of third-party social networking services, we may receive information about you that you have made available to those social networking services, including information about your contacts on those social networking services.
4. Information Collected Automatically.
Certain information on our Service is collected automatically by means of various software tools. We have a legitimate interest in using such information to assist in log-in, systems administration purposes, information security and abuse prevention, to track user trends, and to analyze the effectiveness of our Service.
(a) Log Files.
The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (“IP”) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (“ISP”), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, clicked pages and any other information your browser may send to us.
(b) Cookies.
Cookies are small pieces of data, stored in text files, that are stored on your computer or other device when websites are loaded in a browser. They are widely used to “remember” you and your preferences, either for a single visit (through a “session cookie”) or for multiple repeat visits (using a “persistent cookie”). They ensure a consistent and efficient experience for visitors, and perform essential functions such as allowing users to register and remain logged in. Cookies may be set by the site that you are visiting (known as “first party cookies”), or by third parties, such as those who serve content or provide advertising or analytics services on the website (“third party cookies”).
We use cookies for a number of different purposes. Some cookies are necessary for technical reasons; some enable a personalized experience for both visitors and registered users; and some allow the display of advertising from selected third party networks. Some of these cookies may be set when a page is loaded, or when a user takes a particular action on our website. The table below explains the types of cookies we may use on our Service and why we would use them.
Strictly Necessary
These cookies are essential for Service to perform their basic functions. These include those required to allow registered users to authenticate and perform account related functions.
Functionality
These cookies are used to store preferences set by users such as account name, language, and location.
Security
These cookies to help identify and prevent potential security risks.
Analytics and Performance
These cookies collect information on how users interact with our websites, including what pages are visited most, as well as other analytical data. We use these details to improve how our websites function and to understand how users interact with them.
Advertising
These cookies are used to display relevant advertising to users who use our services or visit websites we provide, as well as to understand and report on the efficacy of ads served on our websites. They track details such as the number of unique visitors, the number of times particular ads have been displayed, and the number of clicks the ads have received. They are also used to build user profiles, including showing you ads based on products you’ve viewed or acts you have taken on our (and other) websites. These are set by For The Win Robotics and trusted third party networks, and are generally persistent in nature.
Third Party / Embedded Content
Third party websites hosted on FTW’s Service make use of different third party applications and services to enhance the experience of website visitors. These include social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter (through the use of sharing buttons). As a result, cookies may be set by these third parties, and used by them to track your online activity. We have no direct control over the information that is collected by these cookies.
Visitors may wish to restrict the use of cookies or completely prevent them from being set. Most modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the options or preferences menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links for commonly used browsers may be helpful, or you can use the help option in your browser for more details:
If you disable cookies, please be aware that some of the features of our service may not function correctly. For more details on your choices regarding use of your web browsing activity for interest-based advertising you may visit the following sites:
On a mobile device, you may also be to adjust your settings to limit ad tracking.
You may see a “cookie banner” on our websites. We do not set, or allow our ad partners to set, cookies that are used to show you targeted ads before you click to accept. When you consent in this manner, we and our advertising partners may set advertising cookies on the site you are visiting and on other of our websites, dashboards, and services. We’ll display the banner to you periodically, just in case you change your mind.
(c) Do Not Track Signals.
FTW does not track users over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising. Accordingly, we do not currently respond or take any action with respect to web browser "do not track" signals or other mechanisms that provide consumers the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of Personal Information about an individual consumer's online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services.
(d) Analytics Service.
We may use certain third party analytics services to improve the functionality, features, or delivery of our Service. We may also use these analytics services to record mouse clicks, mouse movements, scrolling activity, as well as any text that you type into our Service. For example, we use Google Analytics on our Service to track user trends and usage. For more information on Google Analytics’ processing of Personal Information as it relates to our Service, please see http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. By using a browser plugin provided by Google, you can opt out of Google Analytics.
(e) Other Tracking Technologies.
When you visit our Service, we may collect your IP address for certain purposes such as, for example, to monitor the regions from which you navigate our Service. We may also use web beacons alone or in conjunction with cookies to compile information about your usage of our Service and interaction with emails from us. Web beacons are clear electronic images that can recognize certain types of information on your computer, such as cookies, when you viewed a particular site tied to the web beacon. We may use web beacons to operate and improve our Service.
5. The Purposes For Which We Use Personal Information.
If you submit or we collect Personal Information through our Service, then such Personal Information may be used to:
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Provide, analyze, administer, improve, and personalize the Service;
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Contact you in connection with the Service, notifications, events, programs or offerings that you may have registered for;
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Send you updates and promotional materials;
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Provide personalized advertising to you;
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Identify and authenticate your access to the parts of the Service that you are authorized to access;
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For recruiting and human resources administration purposes; and
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Protect our rights and/or our property and to ensure the technical functionality and security of the Service.
6. How We Disclose Personal Information.
We do not sell, lease, rent or otherwise disclose the Personal Information collected from our Service to third parties unless otherwise stated below or with your consent.
(a) Our Third Party Providers.
We transfer Personal Information to our third party service providers to perform tasks on our behalf and to assist us in providing our Service. For example, we may share your Personal Information with service providers who assist us in performing core functions (such as hosting, data storage, and security) related to our operation of the Service and/or by making certain interactive tools available to you as a user. We also use third parties for technical and customer support, application development, tracking and reporting functions, quality assurance, and other services. In the performance of our Service, we may share Personal Information from or about you with these third parties so that we can deliver the highest quality user experience. We use commercially reasonable efforts to only engage with third parties that post a publicly available privacy policy.
(b) Advertisers.
From time-to-time, we engage advertising services to assist us in advertising our brand and Service. Those services may target advertisements on third-party websites based on cookies or other information indicating previous interaction with our Service.
(c) Aggregate Information.
To better serve our users, business partners, and to improve our Service, For The Win Robotics may conduct research on user demographics, interests and behavior based on the Personal Information and other information provided to For The Win Robotics. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis, and we may share this aggregated information with our affiliates, agents and business partners. This aggregate information does not identify a user personally. For The Win Robotics may also disclose aggregated information in order to describe our Service to current and prospective business partners and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.
(d) Business Partners.
From time to time, we may partner with other companies to jointly offer products or services. If you purchase or specifically express interest in a jointly-offered product or service from us, we may share Personal Information collected in connection with your purchase or expression of interest with our joint promotion partner(s). We do not control our business partners’ use of Personal Information we collect, and their use of the information will be in accordance with their own privacy policies.
(e) In the Event of Merger, Sale, or Change of Control.
We may transfer or assign this Privacy Policy and any Personal Information to a third party entity that acquires or is merged with us as part of a merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control (such as the result of a bankruptcy proceeding).
(f) Other Disclosures.
We may disclose Personal Information about you if we have a good faith belief that disclosure of such information is helpful or reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce our Terms of Service, including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud or security issues; or (iv) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of For The Win Robotics, our users, or the public.
7. Retention Of Personal Information.
We reserve the right to retain any Personal Information as long as the Personal Information are needed to: (a) fulfill the purposes that are described in Section 5, and (b) comply with applicable law.
8. Data Security.
The privacy and security of Personal Information is very important to us. Taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing Personal Information, For The Win Robotics has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure and to be able to demonstrate that its processing of Personal Information is performed in accordance with applicable law. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
9. Children's Privacy.
Our Service is not suitable for any person or student whom is not supported by an educator familiar with the Build Fly Code Program. We do not target children and do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children under the age of eighteen (18). When a user discloses Personal Information on our Service, the user is representing to us that he or she is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
10. Email Communications.
You may choose not to receive future promotional or advertising emails from us by selecting an unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email that you receive from us. You cannot opt out of receiving transactional emails related to the performance of our services. Please note that even if you opt out of receiving the foregoing emails, we may still send you a response to any “Contact” request as well as administrative, maintenance and operational emails (for example, in connection with a password reset request).
11. Your California Privacy Rights.
If you are a California consumer, this Section is designed to inform you of your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (effective 2020) (“CCPA”). We review and update this Section at least annually.
Please be aware that we collect, process, and maintain personal information to fulfill certain business purposes related to our Service. We will not collect additional categories of personal information or use personal information collected for additional purposes without providing you notice. We and our service providers may collect, and you may consent to provide, the categories of personal information set forth in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy.
In accordance with the CCPA, California consumers may exercise under certain conditions the following rights with respect to their personal information without discrimination.
Know
You have the right to know the categories of personal information that we collected in the previous twelve (12) months, the categories of sources from which the personal information was collected, the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, and the business purposes for which such personal information is collected and shared. You also have the right to know the categories of personal information which were disclosed for business purposes, and the categories of third parties in the twelve (12) months preceding your request for your personal information.
Data Portability
You have the right to receive the personal information you have previously provided to us.
Delete
You can request to have your personal information deleted from our servers and we will direct our service providers to do the same. However, please be aware that we may not fulfill your request for deletion if we (or our service provider(s)) are required to retain your personal information for one or more of the following categories of purposes: (1) to complete a transaction for which the personal information was collected, provide a good or service requested by you, or complete a contract between us and you; (2) to ensure our website integrity, security, and functionality; (3) to comply with applicable law or a legal obligation, or exercise rights under the law (including free speech rights); (4) to otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
To Opt Out
You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information to third parties.
If you would like to exercise your rights listed above, please contact us here: support@ftw-robotics.com. When doing so, please tell us which right you are exercising and provide us with contact information to direct our response. We must verify your identity before fulfilling your requests. If we cannot initially verify your identity, we may request additional information to complete the verification process. Any Personal Information you disclose to us for purposes of verifying your identity will solely be used for the purpose of verification.
12. International Users.
Please note that our Service is directed towards users who reside in the United States. By using our Service, you consent to the collection, storage, processing, and transfer of Personal Information in and to the United States, or other countries and territories, pursuant to the laws of the United States. While some of these countries may not offer the same level of privacy protection as your own, we commit to uphold the privacy protections as explained in this Privacy Policy.
13. Changes to this Privacy Policy.
As our organization changes over time, this Privacy Policy is expected to change as well. We reserve the right to amend the Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason, without notice to you, other than the posting of the amended Privacy Policy on our Service. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and terms and conditions, but you should check our Service frequently to see the current Privacy Policy that is in effect and any changes that may have been made to it.
14. Contacting Us.
Any comments, concerns, complaints, or questions regarding our Privacy Policy may be addressed to: support@ftw-robotics.com